counseilith eny other Cristen into lijk maner of lyuyng, whiche othere Cristen be not in lijk circum|staunce of perilose persecucioun, in which the seid Cristen multitude in Ierusalem thanne in the tyme of Apostlis weren.
Ferthermore, tho persoones of whiche Poul spekith, Hebr. xje. capitulum., (and of which the processe is alleggid bifore in the vje. chapiter of this present iije. partie,) were religiose men, forsaking miche of worldlihode and of fleischlihode [fleischli hode, MS. (without hy|phen, but with one a little below).] ; as weren [were, MS. (first hand).] the sones of Ionadab the sone of Recab, whiche "dranken no wijn, neithir bildiden housis, neither sewen sedis, neither plaun|tiden vynes, neither hadden vynes, but dwelliden in tabernacles thoruȝ alle her daies;" [See Jerem. xxxv. 6, 7.] whom and whos conuersacion God comendith, Ieremye xxxve. capitulum., where he seith to hem thus: For that ȝe obeieden to the comaundement of Ionadab ȝoure fader, and kepten alle hise comaundementis, and diden alle thingis whiche he comaundid to ȝou, a man of the genera|cioun of Ionadab sone of Recab schal not faile stond|ing in my siȝt in alle daies. And sithen these men weren Iewis in the tyme of the old lawe, and weren lay men and not preestis neither dekenys of the lawe, it is open that her ensaumpling was no comaundement. Forwhi, if it hadde be comaundement, it schulde haue be comaundement to lay persoones, as thei hem silf were; and thanne it wolde folewe, that it hadde not be leeful eny Iew forto haue had eny vnmouable possessioun, which is pleinli aȝens Goddis owne allow|aunce thoruȝ the v. bokis of Moyses, and in the book of Iosue in manye chapitris. And therfore needis the ensaumpling of thilk folk in al her abstinence, as weel fro myche fleischlihode as weel as fro myche
